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Global Cisco study identifies top security practices to detect threats, ensure business resiliency

Published on : Monday 13-12-2021

Organisations that proactively test their security capabilities are 2.5 times more likely to maintain business resiliency.

San Jose, Calif., December 2021: Cisco released its latest cybersecurity report, Security Outcomes Study Volume 2, surveying more than 5,100 security and privacy professionals across 27 markets to determine the most impactful measures teams can take to defend their organisations against the evolving threat landscape. Respondents shared their approaches to updating and integrating their security architecture, detecting and responding to threats and staying resilient when disaster strikes.

 
Last year’s study revealed that five practices had an outsized influence on the overall health of an organisation’s security program. These include proactively refreshing outdated technology; well-integrated security technologies; timely incident response; prompt disaster recovery; and investing in accurate threat detection capabilities. This year’s study analysed those top five practices more closely to identify success factors. Highlights of these findings include:

·         Updating and integrating architecture.

·         Detecting and responding to threats.

·         Staying resilient when disaster strikes.
 

As the threat landscape continues to evolve, testing business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities regularly and in multiple ways is paramount, with proactive organisations 2.5 times more likely to maintain business resiliency.

 
Organisations with board-level oversight of business continuity and disaster recovery efforts that have operations residing within cybersecurity teams perform best.

 
"With the shift to hybrid work, organisations are grappling with the increased complexity of securing a distributed workforce,” said Shailaja Shankar, SVP and GM of Cisco’s Security Business Group. “At the same time, they are also dealing with limited staff and budget constraints, so it’s critical for organisations to invest in innovative technologies and security practices. Cisco’s Security Outcomes Study, Volume 2 takes the guesswork out of prioritizing security strategies and technologies. By investing in cloud-based, integrated security architectures with high automation, practitioners can respond to threats faster, so they can focus on enabling the business and keeping users safe.”